What happened on June 18th
[trying to beat the other guy]
Birthdates Which Occur on June 18:
1511 Bartolommeo Ammanati Italian sculptor/architect
and Ponte Santa Trinita Florence
1581 Thomas Overbury poet (baptized)
1681 Feofan Prokopovich theologian, archbishop of Novgorod, westernizer
1716 Joseph M Vien French (court)painter
1723 Giuseppe Scarlotti composer
1740 Karel van Poucke Flemish sculptor
1744 Augustin Holler composer
1757 Ignace Joseph Pleyel composer
1758 Pieter PJQ Ondaatje Ceylon/Dutch jurist/patriot
1780 Michael Henkel composer
1794 George Grote British historian
1799 Prosper M‚niŠre French ear doctor (M‚niŠre Syndrome)
and William Lassell discoverer (satellites of Uranus & Neptune)
1809 Sylvanus William Godon Commander (Union Navy), died in 1879
1812 Ivan Goncharov Russia, novelist/travel writer (Oblomov)
1813 Pavel Annenkov Rus literature historian (Zametsjatelnoje desjatileti)
1820 Martin Andreas Udbye composer
1822 Henry David Leslie composer
1824 Johannes Heykamp Catholic archbishop of Utrecht
1839 William Henry Seward Jr Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1920
1850 Richard Heuberger composer
1854 Edward Wyllis Scripps publisher/journalist
1857 Henry Clay Folger Jr US, businessman/Shakespeare fan
1858 Hans Schardt Swiss geologist
1860 Hugo Loudon CEO (Royal Dutch Oil/Shell)
1861 Jos‚ FdT Coelho Portuguese writer (Os Meus Amores)
1868 Mikl¢s Horthy von Nagybanya Hungarian admiral/regent (1910-44)
1877 James Montgomery Flagg illustrator "I want you" recruiting poster
1881 Eduard C "Edo" Fimmen Dutch labor leader
1882 Georgi Dimitrov Bulgaria premier (1946-49) [or 6/28]
1884 Edouard Daladier premier France (1933..40)
1886 George Mallory England, mountain climber ("because it is there")
1887 Blanche Yurka St Paul MN, actress (Taxi, Tale of 2 Cities)
1888 Margarita Xirgu Barcelona Spain, actress (Bloody Wedding)
and SS Van Dine [William Huntingdon Wright], author (Canary Murder Case)
1889 Paul Joostens Flemish painter
1891 Hans Ruin Finnish Swedish-language historian
1892 Edward Steuermann composer
1896 Blanche Sweet Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience)
and Philip Barry US, dramatist (Philadelphia Story)
1898 Carleton Percy Hobbs Farnborough England
19-- Brian Benben Winchester Va, actor (Gangster Chronicles)
and Constance McCashin Chic Ill, actress (Laura-Knots Landing)
and Hugo Napier actor (As the World Turns)
and Miriam Flynn Cleve Ohio, actress (Tim Conway Show, Maggie)
and Oz Fox rock guitarist (Stryper-Against the Law)
and Randy Spears XXX actor (Anal Security Squad, De Blond)
and Robin Christopher Revere Mass, actress (Lorna Devon-Another World)
and Susan Styles Ventura Calif, actress (Cutter to Houston)
and Tom Reilly Fort Riley KS, actor (CHiPs)
1901 Jeanette MacDonald Phila, actress/singer (When I'm Calling You)
and Jimmy Dale Bronx NYC, orch leader (Sonny & Cher)
and Llewellyn Rees British theater actor (Invisible Creature)
1902 Henry Wadsworth Maysville KY, actor (Applause, Fast & Loose)
1903 Raymond Radiguet French journalist/writer (Le diable ouch corps)
1904 Keye Luke Canton China, actor (Across the Pacific, Yangtse Incident)
and Manuel Rosenthal Paris France, composer (Bootleggers)
1905 Eduard Tubin composer
1906 Kay Kyser Rocky Mount NC, orch leader (Kay Kyser's Kollege)
1907 Benny Payne Phila, pianist (Billy Daniels Show)
and Froelich Rainey Wisc, quiz moderator (What in the World)
1908 Bud Collyer NYC, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth)
and Maria E Vieira da Silva Portuguese painter (Infinite Passage)
1910 Avon Long Balt Md, actor (Roots: Next Generation)
and Dick Foran Flemington NJ, actor (OK Crackerby)
and Ray McKinley Ft Worth Tx, orch leader (Glenn Miller Time)
1912 Glen Morris MO, Olympic champion/actor (Tarzan)
and Henry Brandon Berlin Germany, actor (Drums of Fu Manchu)
1913 Sammy Cahn lyricist (3 Coins in a Fountain)
and Sylvia Porter financial writer (Sylvia Porter's Money Book)
1915 Victor Legley composer
1916 John Young actor/TV panelist (Masquerade Party)
1917 Akhmet Jevdet Ismail Hajiyev composer
and Richard Boone LA Calif, actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel)
1918 Bob Carroll singer/actor (Stage Two Revue, Stranger)
1919 Mel Brandt Bkln NY, actor (Faraway Hill)
and Ted Leadbitter British MP (Lab)
1920 Aster Berkhof [Louis Van de Bergh], Flemish writer (Furious Christ)
and Ian Carmichael Hull England, actor (Lucky Jim, I'm Alright Jack)
1922 Donald L Keene NYC, Japanese translator/critic
1923 Herman Krebbers Dutch violist/concert master
1924 Liesbeth den Uyl-van Vessem feminist/wife of Joop den Uyl
1925 Robert Arthur Aberdeen Wash, actor (12 O'Clock High, Just For You)
1926 Patricia Hutchinson British ambassador (Uruguay)
and Tom Wicker columnist (NY Times)
1927 Dennis Landau CEO (Cooperative Wholesale Society)
and Paul Eddington actor (Devil Rides Out, Devil's Bride)
and Simeon Pironkov composer
1928 Maggie McNamara NY, actress (Cardinal, 3 Coins in the Fountain)
and Michael Blakemore British theater director
1929 Eva Bartok Budapest Hungary, actress (Assassin, Crimson Pirate)
and James Bishop editor (London News Publications)
and J�rgen Habermans German sociologist (Frankfurter Schule)
1930 Peter Phillips CEO (AB Electronics) [or Feb 10]
1931 Della Smith cookbook writer/British broadcaster
and Peter Batty TV/movie producer
1933 Jean Wicki Switzerland, 4-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1972)
and Tommy Hunt US singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye)
1934 Brian Kenny deputy supreme allied commander of Europe
and Carl de Winter sect-gen (Federation of British Artists)
1936 R Ronald Venetian [Vene], president Suriname (1991- )
1937 Gail Godwin US, author (Perfectionists, Odd Woman)
and John D [Jay] Rockefeller IV (Sen-D-WV, 1985- )
and Varbara Ann Teer US actress/director (Natl Black Theatre Company)
and Vitaly M Zholobov USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 21)
1938 Joop M Worrell Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
1939 Lou Brock one-time baseball stolen base leader (St Louis Cards)
and Lynn Whiting horse trainer
1940 Bob Duncan governor of Gartree Prison in UK
1942 Hans Vonk Dutch conductor
and Paul McCartney Liverpool, rocker, (Beatles), writes silly love songs
and Roger Ebert Urbana Ill, film critic (Siskel & Ebert at the Movies)
and Thabo M Mbeki South African economist/1st vice-president (1994- )
1944 Paul Lansky composer
1947 Bernard Giraudeau La Rochelle France, actor (L'Annee des Meduses)
and Douglas Young composer
and Linda Thorson Toronto, actress (Tara-Avengers, Julia-1 Life to Live)
1948 Nick Drake rocker
1949 Jerry Hollendorfer horse trainer
1950 Annelie Ehrhardt German DR, 100m hurdler (Olympics-gold-1972)
1951 Henny Huisman Dutch TV host (Playback Show)
1952 Barry Champagne Louisiana, stunt coorindator (Licence to Kill)
and Carol Kane Cleveland Ohio, actress (Dog Day Afternoon, Simka-Taxi)
and Isabella Rossellini Rome Italy, actress (Blue Velvet)
and Rickey Gazda rocker
1953 Jerome Smith US guitarist (KC & the Sunshine Band-Boogie Shoes)
1954 William Beard rock drummer (Face To Face)
1957 Andrea Evans actress (Young & Restless, Tina-One Life to Live)
and Tom Bailey England, rocker (Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor)
1958 Daniels Koran saxophonist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
1961 [Genevieve] Alison Moyet Essex England, rock vocalist (Yaz, Alf)
1962 Jan[ice] Merrill track star (US record long distance holder 1979)
1963 Bruce Smith NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
and Darren "Dizzy" Reed US musician (Guns n' Roses-Sweet Girl of Mine)
and Omar Londono jockey
1966 Kurt Browning Alberta, figure skater (Olympic-5-1994)
and Luke Jensen Grayling Mich, tennis star (1993 French Open doubles)
1969 Fernando Valenzula jockey
197- Michael Sutton Calif, actor (Stone Cates-General Hospital)
1971 Domonique Simone Atlanta Ga, XXX actress (My Baby Got Back Part 3)
and Mara Hobel NYC, actress (Mommie Dearest)
and Nathan Morris [Alex Vanderpool], Phila Pa, rapper (Boyz II Men)
1974 Bumper Robinson actor (Webster, Night Court)
Deaths Which Occured June 18:
741 Leo III de Isaurier Byzantine Emperor (717-41), dies
1164 Elisabeth von Sch”nau German mystic (Visiones), dies at about 34
1291 Alfonso III King of Aragon (1285-91), dies
1464 Rogier van der Weyden Flemish painter, dies at 65
1580 Juliana van Stolberg Engraver of Nassau, dies
1588 Anna daughter of prince Willem I/Anna van Saksen, dies at 24
1629 Piet Heyn lt-admiral (Spanish silver fleet), dies in battle at 51
1669 Abraham Cr˜nssen Swiss admiral, conquered Suriname, dies
1686 Johann Quirsfeld composer, dies at 43
1726 Michel-Richard de Lalande composer, dies at 68
1772 Gerard of Swieten botanist/painter of Maria Theresia, dies at 72
1799 Johann Andre composer, dies at 58
1817 Joannes Siberg governor-general of Neth-Indies (1801-05), dies
1821 Charles Hague composer, dies at 52
1824 Ferdinand III JJ-B archduke of Austria/ruler of Toscane, dies at 55
1850 Antoni Weinert composer, dies at 99
1853 Branko Radicevic Serbian poet (1st Serbian Uprising), dies
1859 Joseph Hartmann Stuntz composer, dies at 65
1866 Jacobus T Abels painter, dies at 62
1876 August Rockel composer, dies at 61
1880 John Sutter US colonist (gold discovered on his land), dies at 77
1884 Juan B Alberdi [Figarillo], Arg writer (Crime of Guerra), dies at 74
1886 Joannes A Paredis Belgian/Neth bishop of Roermond, dies at 90
1902 Samuel Butler British writer (Eerewhon), dies
1909 Learmont Drysdale composer, dies at 42
1911 Franjo Zaver Kuhac composer, dies at 76
1916 Helmuth J L von Moltke German chief general of staff, dies at 67
1921 Eduardo Acevedo D¡az Uruguay writer (Nativa, Lanza y sable), dies
Herman Baccaert Flemish philological/writer (Kantkennis), dies at 37
1922 John C Kapteyn astronomer, dies at 71
1928 Roald E G Amundsen Norwegian pole explorer, dies
1934 Francisco Lacerda composer, dies at 65
1935 August Reusner composer, dies at 64
1936 Maksim Gorki [Alexei M Peshkov], Russian writer (Mother), dies
1937 Gaston Doumergue premier/president of France (1913..34), dies
1939 French LM "Sas" van Aerschot Flemish actor, dies at 73
1942 Adolf Opalka Czech resistance fighter, shot down
Arthur Willard Pryor composer, dies at 71
John Kubris Czech resistance fighter, shot by Heydrich
Josef Gabc¡k Czech resistance fighter, shot by Heydrich
1945 Colonel Roberts commandant 22nd regiment marines, dies in battle
Simon B Buckner US lt-gen/commandant of 10th Army, dies
1952 Efim D Bogoljubov Russian chess player, dies at 63
1955 Walter Rein composer, dies at 61
Willy Burkhard composer, dies at 55
1959 Ethel Barrymore [Blythe], actress (None but the lonely), dies at 79
1962 Volkmar Andreae Swiss conductor/composer (Bruckner), dies at 82
1964 Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev composer, dies at 58
1965 George Melachrino composer, dies at 56
1967 Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco Brazil pres (1964-67), dies at 66
1973 Fritz Mahler composer, dies at 71
Willem Vogt radio pioneer/founder AVRO, dies at 84
1974 Georgi K Zhukov Russian marshal/minister of Defense, dies at 77
1975 Faisal Ibn Mussed Abdul Aziz Saudi prince, beheaded in Riyadh
shopping center parking lot for killing his uncle the king
1976 Victor Lord character on One Life to Live, dies
1982 Curt Jurgens actor (Disorder), dies of an acute heart attack at 66
John Cheever Pulitzer prize winning author, dies at 70 in Ossining
Roberto Calvi director (Banco Ambrosiano), hangs himself
1991 Joan Caulfield actress (My Favorite Husband), dies of cancer at 69
1992 Peter Allen entertainer (Legs Diamond), dies of aids at 48
Holidays Which Occur June 18:
Egypt Evacuation Day (1956)
Religious Observances on June 18:
Christian Feast of St Amandus of Bordeaux
Christian Feast of St Elizabeth of Schonau
Christian Feast of St Gregory, Demetrius & Calogerus
RC Commemoration of SS Mark & Marcellianus, martyrs
RC Eufemia, abbess of Altom�nster
RC Leontius, martyr
373 RC Commemoration of St Ephrem, confessor/doctor
1896 Ang Commem of Bernard Mizeki, catechist, martyr in Rhodesia
Things to Remember for June 18:
Black Music-National Rose Month-Pest Control Month-Dairy Month
Flower-rose & honeysuckle Gem-moonstone, pearl & alexandrite
National Accordion Month-National Tennis Month
National Adopt-a-Cat-Vacation-American Rivers Month
Ragweed Control-Zoo & Aquarium-Gay Pride Month
3 Days Astrological sign: Gemini
16 Days [US] Honor America Days
Highlights in History Which Occur June 18:
860 Swedish Vikings attack Constantinople
1155 Pope Adrian IV crowns Frederick I Barbarossa Roman-German Emperor
1178 Proposed time of origin of lunar crater Giordano Bruno
5 Canterbury monks report explosion on moon (only know observation)
1316 Peace of Fexhe: prince-bishop Adolf II of Mark & Luikse towns
1529 Blackfriars begin: Henry VIII & Catharina of Arag¢n
1538 Treaty of Nice: ends war between Emperor Charles V & King French I
1541 Irish parliament selects Henry VIII as king of Ireland
1574 Polish King Hendrik of Anjou secretly leaves Poland
1580 States of Utrecht forbid catholic worship
1583 Richard Martin of London takes out 1st life insurance policy, on
William Gibbons, premium was œ383
1629 Sea battle at Dungeness: Piet Heyn vs Dunkerk Cape
1639 Treaty of Berwick: End 1st Bishop war
1643 Skirmish at Chalgrove Field: Prince Rupert parliamentary armies
1757 Battle at Kolin Bohemia: Austrian army beats Prussia
1778 British Redcoats evacuate Phila
1779 French fleet occupies St Vincent
1812 War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain
1815 Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon defeated by Wellington & Bl�cher
1821 Opera "Der Freisch�tz" is produced (Berlin)
1822 Part of US-Canadian boundary determined
and Slave revolt leaders Denmark Vesey & Peter Poyas arrested in SC
1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leave South-Africa
1837 Spain gets new Constitution
1839 Dutch prince Willem Alexander PFL weds niece Princess Sophia
1863 After long neglect, Confederates hurriedly fortify Vicksburg
1864 At Petersburg, Grant ends 4 days of assaults
1872 Woman's Suffrage Convention held at Merchantile Liberty Hall
1873 Susan B Anthony fined $100 for attempting to vote for President
1878 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #188 Menippe
1892 Macademia nuts 1st planted in Hawaii
1894 Premier Roseberry declares Uganda a British protectorate
1898 Amusement pier opens, Atlantic City, NJ
and Fred Herd wins US Open golf tournament
1900 Empress DouairiŠre orders I-Ho-Chuan (Boxers) to kill all foreigners
and Gen Luigi Pelloux resigns as premier of Italy
1903 1st transcontinental auto trip begins in SF; arrives NY 3-mo later
1909 Nannie Burroughs forms national training School for Women
1910 Alex Smith wins US Open golf tournament
1914 Oscar Egg bicycles world record time (44,247 km)
1915 Jerome Travers becomes 2nd amateur to win golf's US Open
1916 Yanks score in every inning but 8th beat Indians 19-3
1924 Pope Pius XI's encyclical Maximam gravissimamque
1926 Theodor Lessing laid-off "because he is a Jew" in Hanover
1927 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2000 m: 5:24,6
1934 US Highway planning surveys nationwide authorized
1936 1st bicycle traffic court in America established, Racine, WI
and Polish parliament gives pres Ignacy Moscicki dictatorial power
1940 Gen Charles de Gaulle on BBC tells French to defy nazi occupiers
and German occupiers slaughter cattle, pigs & chickens
and Winston Churchill urges perseverance so that future generations
would remember that "this was their finest hour"
1941 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn
and Turkey signs peace treaty with nazi-Germany
1942 Bernard W Robinson, becomes 1st black ensign in US Navy
and Eric Nessler of France stays aloft in a glider for 38h21m
1943 SS Police in Amsterdam sentence for 12 resistance fighter to death
(Jewish, communists, homosexuality) at the census bureau
1944 Farewell concert of Willem Mengelberg in Paris
and U-767 sinks
1945 William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) Brit radio traitor charged with treason
1947 Cincinnati Red Ewell Blackwell no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0
1948 American Library Association adopts Library Bill of Rights
and National Security Council authorizes covert operations for 1st time
and Phillies pitching great Robin Roberts debut, loses 2-0 to Pirates
and UN Commission on Human Rights adopts Intl Decl of Human Rights
1950 Cleve Indians score 14 runs in 1st inning, beat A's 21-2
1951 De Gaulle wins French parliamentary election
1953 Egypt proclaimed a republic, General Neguib becomes president
and USAF C124 Globemaster crashes near Tokyo killing 129 servicemen
Eugene Stephens gets 3 hits & Red Sox score 17 runs in 1 inning (7th)
and Red Sox beat Detroit 23-3
1954 Pierre MendŠs-France forms French government
1956 Last of foreign troops leaves Egypt as Brits leave Suez Canal
1957 John Diefenbacker (C) takes office as PM of Canada
1959 1st telecast transmitted from England to US
1960 Arnold Palmer wins US Open golf tournament
and Giants hire Tom Sheehan as baseball's oldest debuting manager (66)
and Real Madrid wins 5th Europe Cup 1
1961 CBS radio cancels Gunsmoke
and KBMT TV channel 12 in Beaumont, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
1963 3,000 blacks boycott Boston public school
1964 African Groundnut Council forms in Dakar
1967 Houston Don Wilson no-hits Atlanta Braves, 2-0
and Jack Nicklaus wins US Open golf tournament
and Monterey International Pop Festival rocks Southern California
1968 Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale & rental of housing
1972 BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118
and Jack Nicklaus wins US Open golf tournament
and West Germany wins soccer world championship
1973 NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participants
1974 Gaston Thorn forms Luxembourg govt
1975 Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs in a Red Sox 15-1 victory over Tigers
and NBC News & Information Service (24 hr news) premieres on radio
1976 A Joseph William Turner watercolor auctioned for œ340,000
and NBA & ABA agree to merge
1977 Billy Martin & Reggie Jackson get into a dug out altercation
and Space Shuttle test model "Enterprise" carries a crew aloft
for 1st time, It was fixed to a modified Boeing 747
1978 Andy North wins US Open golf tournament
and Victor de la Torre wins Peru election
1979 Billy Martin becomes Yankee manager (2nd time), replacing Bob Lemon
and Pres Carter & Leonid I Brezhnev sign SALT 2 treaty
1980 "Blues Brothers" with Dan Akwoyd & John Belushi premieres
and C Shoemaker discovers asteroid #2891 McGetchin
and Dutch 2nd Chamber joins oil boycott of South Africa
and E Bowell discovers asteroid #2569 Madeline
and John Belushi's "Blues Brothers" premieres
and Mrs Shakuntala Devi mentally multiplies 2 13-digit #s in 28 sec
1981 Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart retires (replaced by Sandra
Day O'Connor, 1st woman on high court)
1982 ABC's All Talk radio network expands to 22 stations
and Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended by Senate by 85-8 vote
1983 7th Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 launched-Sally Ride 1st US woman
and IRA's Joseph Doherty arrested in NYC
1984 Fuzzy Zoeller wins US Open golf tournament
and Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #3541
1985 Boston Red Sox Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs
1986 52 die in plane/helicopter collision over Grand Canyon
and De Havilland Twin Otter & Bell 206 helicopter collide, kills 25
and Don Sutton becomes 19th pitcher to win 300 games
and Heike Friedrich swims female world record 200m freestyle (1:57.55)
1987 Charles Glass, ABC journalist, kidnapped in Lebanon
1989 Comet Churyunov-Gerasimenko at perihelion
and Curtis Strange wins his 2nd US golf open
and John Wayne Bobitt marries Lorena L Gallo
1990 1st ever lose for Cameroon in World Cup, USSR-4 Cameroon-0
and 1st sudden death US Open Golf Championship is won by Hale Irwin
1991 Boris Yeltsin, president of Russia, arrives in US
and Mud storm in Antofagasta Chile, kills 80
and SF Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky's cancerous left arm is amputated
and Yankee pitchers pick-off 3 Toronto Blue Jays
1992 Actor Jameson Parker weds actress Darleen Carr
and Ottawa Senators make goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz their 1st draft
and Tampa Bay Lightning make goalie Wendell Young their 1st draft
1993 Expo's Dennis Martinez is 92nd to win 200 games
and Toru Takemitsu's "Archipelago" premieres in Aldeburgh England
1994 Aleksander Popov swims world record 100m free style (48.21 sec)
and Gay Games open in NYC
and US ties Switzerland 1-1 in their 1st game of 1994 soccer world cup
1953 USAF C124 Globemaster crashes near Tokyo killing 129 servicemen.
1972 BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118.